Liquidline Limited
Registered name: LIQUIDLINE LIMITED
Part of Holywells Holdings Limited groupLiquidline Limited made £51.8m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Liquidline Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £51.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.9m profit and 320 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinks” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Holywells Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.8m | £51.8m |
| Cost of sales | £25.6m | £31.4m |
| Gross profit | £17.3m | £20.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.4m | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £4.3m | £5.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £3.9m |
| Staff costs | £11.4m | £14.9m |
| Employees (average) | 249 | 320 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 40.3% | 39.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £162k |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £12.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £3m |
| Net assets | £9.2m | £11.5m |
| Fixed assets | £7.3m | £8.7m |
| Current assets | £15.2m | £18.1m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £5.8m |
| Deferred income | £4.9m | £5.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £162k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲25%
- Now £11.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 320
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £5.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £8.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Holywells Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Liquidline Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- HCC (Belfast) LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Holywells Property LimitedRev. £423k · Profit £270k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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